exactly how many kanji are there in the Japanese language and how many are commonly used? how many kanji do I need to know I've been learning kanji lately and I was wondering. I know 59 kanji as of right now I heard there are like 2000 and some

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From my dictionary, it says like this:
"kanji for common use" - list of 2,136 kanji established in 2010, formerly a list of 1,945 established in 1981

The number of kanji learned in the elementary and junior high school is as below:
Elementary school first grade = 80
Elementary school second grade = 160
Elementary school third grade = 200
Elementary school fourth grade = 200
Elementary school fifth grade = 185
Elementary school six grade = 181
In total = 1006

The number of Kanji learned in the junior high
Junior high school total = 1130 characters

Total of elementary school and junior high school (compulsory education) = 2136 letters.

By the way, do you know Kanji-kentei (Japan Kanji Aptitude Test).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanji_Kentei

It says for the 1st level of Kanji-kentei, the ability to read and write 6355 kanji is required!